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Others used the petition as a way to suggest other punishments. Currently drivers can be fined up to £5,000 if they're caught splashing.

Dean Lamb wrote: "This should be up there as a punishable offense with points on licence or driving ban on the offenders. If you have to drive through a puddle then fine but for goodness sake slow down it will reduce the risk of a huge splash on someone, and it will be a lot safer in the long run."

The law on splashing someone with your car

Under British law, drivers could be hit with a maximum fine of £5,000 if they are caught driving through a puddle which causes a pedestrian to be splashed.

It is illegal to splash a pedestrian with water from the road whilst driving your car and you could also be slapped with a public order offence if you are seen to deliberately drive through puddles to target pedestrians.

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Under section three of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive “without reasonable consideration for other persons”, and this includes any instance of “driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed”.

The maximum punishment is a level five fine of £5,000 in instances where driving “amounts to a clear act of incompetence, selfishness, impatience or aggressiveness”.

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